Physicists have created a Schrödinger's cat state at unusually hot temperatures, and it could be a major step toward the development of practical quantum computers. Schrödinger's cat states ...

(Courtesy: University of Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch) Superpositions of quantum states known as Schrödinger cat states can be created in “hot” environments with ... Team leader Gerhard Kirchmair, a ...

There is a similar phenomenon in physics ... i.e. ‘hot’ cat in his thought experiment,” Kirchmairsaid in a press release. “We wanted to know whether these quantum effects can also be ...

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Physicists have replicated the famous Schrödinger's cat experiment at hotter temperatures than ever before. The breakthrough is a small but significant step toward quantum computers that can work ...

i.e. 'hot' cat in his thought experiment," says Kirchmair from the Department of Experimental Physics at the University of Innsbruck and the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information ...